Welterweight kingpin St-Pierre insists he doesn't fear the beard, but Hendricks' ample facial hair and punching power put top contenders Martin Kampmann and Jon Fitch to sleep. Can Hendricks do the same to the champ?

"Showtime" could have been the UFC's No. 1 contender at lightweight but elected instead to drop down to 145 pounds for a guaranteed shot at Jose Aldo, a fight that could very well look like a video-game kung-fu contest.

Teixeira looked fantastic in his UFC 160 win over James Te Huna and now boasts a 19-fight win streak. With No. 5 Phil Davis still waiting on his next assignment, Teixeira sounds like a wonderful choice.

May 27 USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA Rankings

When you easily punch out a two-time UFC title challenger, move to 5-0 in your new division, and secure yourself a title shot due to your body of work, you’re going to get a bump in the USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com MMA rankings. Such is the case with lightweight contender T.J. Grant, who vaulted nine spots following this past weekend’s UFC 160 upset of Gray Maynard.

But Grant wasn’t the only fighter on the move. The UFC’s Mike Pyle and Khabib Nurmagomedov, for example, also saw a bump following their UFC 160 wins.

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To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter's primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won't be ranked in a new weight class until they've had their first fight at that weight.

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